Driver reverses vehicle in panic as raging elephant chases him

This was the moment a driver reversed his vehicle in panic as a wild elephant chased after him.

The video shows the man driving back to escape the pursuing elephant, which races forward and attacks the vehicle.

Luckily, the creature left without injuring the driver and the others in the vehicle.

"The elephant attacked the bonnet with its tusks and broke the glass, the staff luckily managed to escape," said an official.

The terrifying incident took place at Veeranahosahalli on the outskirts of Nagarahole National Park in Karnataka on Wednesday (January 15).